Future Jam Details:

    • Confirm your topic

    • Receive design brief 

    • Choose a team (optional) 

    • Start!

  • Tuesday target: Vision is outlined, trial plan is set, and research is underway

  • Wednesday goal: Vision is sketched/mocked-up (and trialled/shown to trial audiences) and road map is underway 

  • Thursday focus: Complete your vision and roadmap, prepare for pitch in closing session

    • Presentation of preferred futures to participants and the expert panel

    • Vote on top pitches 

    • Next steps: sign up to be showcased in a special issue of Transformative Dialogue

Full Agenda:

Opening Session — November 10 (8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Mountain)

8:00 AM – Welcome, Introduction & Land Acknowledgement

8:15 – 8:45 AM
Opening Plenary: Jasmine Palardy, Founder of GoodFuture.co
Talk: “What is the Future and Why Does It Need Us?”

8:45 – 9:15 AM
Keynote Presentation / Provocation: Nicole Newton, Director of Climate and Environment, City of Calgary
Talk: “Calgary the Living Lab: Actioning Bold Futures in a Changing Climate”

9:15 – 9:30 AM / BREAK

9:30 – 11:00 AM
Launch the Future Jam: Teri Balser, Co-Founder of Sustainable Futures Lab & TBTF Host/MC
Session: “Toward Our Preferred Futures”
(Teams will form and work asynchronously throughout the week toward their closing-day pitch presentations.)

Closing Session — November 14 (8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Mountain)

8:00 AM – Welcome Back!

8:15 – 10:00 AM
Preferred Futures Pitches & Feedback
Teams present their visions and receive feedback from a panel of professionals and peers.

10:00 – 10:15 AM / BREAK

10:15 – 10:45 AM
Closing Plenary Presentation: Tony Andenoro, Director of Community Engagement & Programming, Florida Atlantic University
Talk: “Leading the Future: How We Go Forward”

10:45 – 11:00 AM
Wrap up: Teri Balser
Next steps and invitations